Detective Comics #204 (1954) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Man Who Could Live Forever!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Odo Neval
2	The Man Who Could Live Forever!	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Stan Kaye	Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as a crime boss]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Professor Gilson; Odo Neval (villain); Marden (villain, Neval's accomplice); Big Luke (villain, crime boss); other unnamed crime bosses (villains)
4	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
5	The Best Present of All!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Binky Biggs
6	The Stars Spell Doom!	comic story	6	pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira	Roy Raymond
8	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey the Cop
9	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
10	The Passenger Who Never Went Ashore!	comic story	5.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa	Captain Compass [Mark Compass]
12	Unofficial Detective	text article	2	script: Jack E. Miller
13	Hopalong Cassidy	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
14	The 3-D Crimes!	comic story	8	pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr	Mysto

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Detective Comics #269	1959	On eBay ›
Action Comics #317	1964	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9 ISBN 978-1-77950-445-6	2021	On eBay ›

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